Oil can



March 18, 1930. P. FOUNTAINE OIL CAN Filed Sept. 7, 192a \NVENTORATTORNEY of the force pump type Patented Mar. 18, 1930 PEIIJIZAFOUNTAINE, OF DAHLEN,

' IRGMAN SWINLAND,

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Application filed September 7, 1928.

My present invention has reference to improvements in oil cans'fordispensing luricating oil or like material and has'for its primaryobject the provision of an oil can adapted for use with machinery of anycharacter and which may be made to positively deliver oil when desired,regardless of the position of the oil.

To the attainment of the above broadly stated objects and others whichwill present themselves as the nature of the invention is betterunderstood, the improvement also resides in many other novel features ofconstruction, combination and operative association of parts, onesatisfactory embodiment of which is disclosed by the accompanyingdrawings.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is an approximately central vertical longitud'nal sectionalview through an oil can in accordance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view approximately on the line 2--2 of Figure 1,looking in the direction of the arrows.

The body of' he can 1 of my improved oiler is in the nature of acylinder which is closed at both of its ends, and has one of its sidesprovided with a handle 2whose top is formed with an extension 3 thataifords a thumb or finger hold. The closed top of the can is provided atone side of the center thereof with an opening surrounded by anoutwardly extending flange, the said opening afiordingan oil inlet tothe can and the same is normally closed by a screw cap 4. The top of theoiler 1, at

- vided with another opening that is surrounded by an outwardly directedthreaded sleeve 5 and on this sleeve there is screwed a packing nut 6.

Passing through the packing in the nut 6 and through the sleeve 5 thereis'the straight spout 7 of the improvement. The spout has secured on itsinner end a disc 8, and the said disc has fixed on its inner face,adjacent its outer periphery a compressible gasket or a washer 9 whichcontacts with the inner wall or bore of-the can 1. The disc 8 is formedwith an opening 10 and this opening is normally closed by a valve 11that is formed by the center thereof is pro Serial m. 304,517.

enlarging one end of a spring strip 12, the second end of the saidstrip"being otherwise secured by means 13 to the disc 8. Obviously the disc 8and the gasket or compressible ring member 9 provide the spout 7 with aplunger.

Freely received on the spout 7 outward of the can 1 there is a slidableblock 14. This block is influenced in one direction by a sprlng 15,which surrounds the spout and contacts with the inner face of the blockand the outer face of the packing nut 6.

Arising from the top of the can 1 there is a bracket 16. Pivoted to thisbracket, as at 17, there is a lever 18 that has one of its ends rounded,as at 20, and its second end ofiset, as at 21. The offset end 21 isdirected toward the block 14 and there is pivoted to this end of t elever a link 22. This link is pivoted to a dog 23. The dog in turn ispivoted, as at 24, in a depression or pocket 25 in the block 7 14. Theactive end of the dog is designed to have its lower edge contact withthe spout 7.

The spring12 is not of sufficient strength to prevent opening of thevalve 11 when the can 1 is filled with oil, so that a certain quantityof such oil will be delivered through the opening 10 below the plunger.When the oil is to be forcibly ejected from the can, the operatorgripping the handle 2, arranges his thumb against the thumb piece 3 ofthe said so handle and his forefinger in the ring 20 of the lever 18drawing the lever toward the handle 2, thereby canting the dog 23 tocause the same to grippingly engage with the spout to force the spoutand the plunger attached thereto downwardly in the can, therebycompressing the oil between the plunger and the bottom of the can tocause such oil to be forcibly ejected through the spout 7 The simplicityof the construction and the advantages thereof will, it is thought, beunderstood and appreciated by those skilled in the art but obviously Ido not wish to be restricted to the precise details herein set forthand, therefore, hold myself entitled to make such changes therefrom asfairly fall within the scope of what lclaim.

Having described the invention, I claim:

In an oiler, a can for containing a lubricating oil having a handleprovided with a mo finger on the top of the can is movable, a disc onthe spout providing a disc on the periphery of the plunger, said plungerhaving an o therein, a spring arm fixed on the under face of the plungerand having an enlarged free end providing a valve for closing theopening in the plunger, :1, block slidable on the spout, Spring meansfor influencing the block to one position, an upstanding bracket on thecan, a lever pivoted to the bracket and having a. ring end disposedopposite the er piece on the handle, and its opposite end offset, a linkpivotally secured to the said end, a dog pivotally secured in the blockand likewise pivoted to the link and said dog engageable with the spoutwhen the lever is swung in one direction, for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

PHILIZA FOUNTAINE.

piece extension I: spout, a packing box through which the spout innerend of the plunger, :1 compressible I

